Water-closet seat.



C. W. BA|RD.-

WATER C'LOSET SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED APR-14,1916.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916..

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CHARLES WILLIAM BAIRD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WATER-CLOSET SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

Application filed April 14, 1916. Serial No. 91,062.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that 1, CHARLES W. BAIRD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,ehave invented a new and Improved Water-Closet Seat, of which the fol-' lowing is a full, clear, and exact description. The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved water closet seat arranged to enable the user to render the seat sanitary by providing sheets of paper or similar material for cleaning the seat prior to using it. a

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a seat forming a magazine for containing a pile of sheets of paper or similar material.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. Figure 1 is a perspective view of the water closet seat as applied, part of-the rim being shown broken out; Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig.3 is a similar view of the .same with the rim partly lifted and the uppermost sheet partly removed; and Fig.

4 is a plan view, of one of the sheets.

The frame 10 of the water closet seat is in the form of a flat ring-shaped plate normally resting on the top of the water. closet bowl 11, as plainly indicated in the drawings. The rear of the seat frame 10 is connected by afsuitable hinge 12 to the rear of the bowl 11 to allow of swinging the water closet seat into open or closed position. On the top of the seat frame 10 rests a pile of sheets 13 of paper or similar material, the sheets having registering central openings 14 to register with the central opening 15 in the seat frame 10, the opening 15, however, being slightly larger than the opening 14; (see Figs. 2 and 3). Into the central opening 14 of the pile of sheets 13 fits a seat proper 16 provided on its top with an outwardly extending annular flange 17 resting on the inner margin of the uppermost sheet of the pile of sheets 13, thus supporting the seat 16 from the said pile of sheets. By reference to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be noticed that the flange 17 is above the inner margin of the seat frame 10 so that when all the seats of the pile of sheets 13 have been removed then the flange 17 rests on the top of the seat frame 10 to support the seat 16.

The pile of sheets 13'is surrounded by a ram 18 provided at its upper end with an nwardly extending annular flange 19 resting on top of the outer margin of the uppermost sheet of the pile of sheets '13. The 11II1 18 extends around the sides and front of the pile of sheets but is cut out at the rear, and the rear end of the flange 19 of the rim is connected by a hinge 20 with the rear of the said frame 10 to permit of swingmg the rim 18 intov open or closed position. When the rim 18 is swung upward into open position then the user of the water closet can readily remove the uppermost sheet of the pile of sheets 13, after which the rim 18 is'returned to its normal position, that is, with the flange 19 resting on the uppermost sheet of the pile of sheets 13. The removed sheet 13 can now be readily used for wlplng the seat- 16 and the rim 18 clean to render the water closet seat sanitary.

In practice, the hinge 20 is pivotally connected with both the seat frame 10 and the rear end of the flange 19 so that the middle leaf extends in a diagonal direction to allow the rim '18 to gradually move downward on the successive removal of the sheets 13. By reference to Fig. 2, it will be noticed that the rim 18 extends slightly beyond the outer edge of the seat frame 10 to allow downward movement of the rim 18 on the successive removal of the sheets from the pile of sheets 13.

It will be noticed that by the arrangement described a magazine is provided in the seat for containing a pile of sheets of paper or similar material to be successively removed from the top to enable the successive user of the water closet to clean the seat proper 16 as well as the rim 18. It is understood that both the seat 16 and the rim 18 gradually move downward on the removal of the sheets from the pile of sheets and in case the bottom sheet in the pile has been removed the flanges 17 and 19 rest on the seat frame 10 and are thus supported thereby. A new pile of sheets can readily be placed in position on the seat frame 10 at the'time the rim 18 is swung upward into open position, the seat 16 being engaged with the central opening 14 of the new pile of sheets prior to placing thesame in POSI- tion on the said frame 10 or after they are .pile 01f.

placed in position on the seat frame. The rim 18 is then swung downward into closed position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent: v v

1. A water closet seat, comprising a seat frame adapted to support a pile of wiping sheets, the pile having a central opening, and a seat supported on the said pile of wiping sheets and having its opening in register with the said pile opening.

2. A water closet seat, comprising a.

hinged seat frame adaptedto support a pile of wiping sheets, the pile having a central opening, and a seat fitting the said opening and having a flange resting on the inner margin of the uppermost of the said pile of sheets adjacent the opening.

3. A water closet seat, comprising a hinged seat frame adapted to support a pile of wiping sheets, the pile having a. central opening, a seat fitting the said opening and having a flange resting on the inner margin of the uppermost of the said pile of sheets adjacent the opening, and a rim hinged on the said support and having a flange resting on the outer margin of the uppermost sheet of the pile of sheets. N

4. A water closet "seat, '=.=comprising a seat frame hinged; at itsgr'ea'r' end to the water closet and provided with a central opening, a pile of sheets resting on the said seat frame -and havinga central opening in regaid seat-,frame opening, and er=fittingthesaid opening. in the sheetsisupported by the said pile of sheets.

5. A water closet seat, comprising'a seat frame hinged at its rear endto the water closet and provided with a central opening, a pileof sheetsresting on the said seat frame and having a central opening in register with the said seats frame opening,- a seat proper fitting the saidopening in the pile of sheets andprovided at its upper end with an outwardly extending flange resting on the inner margin of the uppermost sheet of the said pile of sheets,'and a rim surrounding the pile .of sheets and having an inwardly extendingtop flange resting on the .outer margin of theupperniost sheet of the said pile of sheets;

6. A water closet seat comprising a seat a pile of sheets resting on the said seat frame and having a central opening in register with the said seat frame opening, a seat proper fitting the said opening in the pile of sheets and provided at its upper end with an outwardly extending flange resting on the inner margin /of the uppermost sheet of the said pile of sheets, a rim surrounding the pile of sheets and having an inwardly extending top flange restin on the outer margin of the uppermost sheet of the said pile. of sheets, and a hinge connecting the rear of the said rim with the rear of the said seat frame.

7. A water closet seat, comprising a seat frame hinged at its rear end to the water closet and provided with a central opening,

a pile of sheets resting on the said seat frame and having a central opening in register with the said seat frame opening, a seat proper fitting the said opening in the pile of sheets and provided at its upper end margin of the uppermost sheet of the said pile of sheets,'and a hinge having a leaf pivotally connected at one end with the seat frame and pivotally connected at the other end with the said rim to allow the rim to gradually move downward on the successive removal of the sheets of the pile of sheets.

8. A water closet seat, comprising a hinged seat frame adapted to support a pile of wiping sheets, the pile having a central opening, and a seat fitting the said opening and having a flange resting on the inner margin of the uppermost of the said pile of sheets adjacent the opening,.the said flange extending above the said seat frame and being adapted to rest on the said seat frame on the removal of the last sheet of the pile of sheets. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES WILLIAM BAIRD. Witnesses j RHINO FIcH'rEL,

New A. NELSON. 

